By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Blues signed coach Craig Berube to a three-year contract extension Tuesday after he led St. Louis to its first Stanley Cup championship in his first season in charge. The Blues were in last place at the start of the year, but Berube led them on an…

By The Associated Press STANLEY CUP FINAL: Series tied 2-2 BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins host the St. Louis Blues in game five of the Stanley Cup Final with the series tied 2-2. The teams meet Thursday for the seventh time this season. The Blues won the last matchup 4-2. Ryan O’Reilly scored a team-high…

BOSTON (AP) — Twice the Boston Bruins have been forced to finish a Stanley Cup Final game down a defenseman. The St. Louis Blues won each time. That’s not a coincidence. Wearing out opponents and winning the war of attrition has been an ingredient of the Blues’ playoff success. They took advantage of injuries to…

By Associated Press “Old Town Road” is coming to the Stanley Cup Final. Lil Nas X will perform the top song in the world Monday in Boston as part of the pregame festivities before the series between the Bruins and St. Louis Blues gets underway. The NHL announced Friday Lil Nas X and country singer…

By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL Either David Backes will win the Stanley Cup against his former team or the St. Louis Blues will win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Yes, that’s the storyline for this 2019 Stanley Cup Final. That’s the same series that the Blues are in for the first time in 49…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Timo Meier handed a big win to Erik Karlsson and the San Jose Sharks. Karlsson scored 5:23 into overtime after the officials missed a hand pass by Meier, and the Sharks rallied to beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Wednesday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — On a San Jose Sharks team filled with established stars, 22-year-old Timo Meier can get overlooked at times even though he scored 30 goals in the regular season. Meier showed in Game 1 of the Western Conference final that he can be a force in his own right, scoring twice…

By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL For the second time in the last four seasons and the first since 2016, the St. Louis Blues have advanced to the Western Conference Final. That was all possible thanks to a dramatic double-overtime goal by hometown hero Patrick Maroon to end a thrilling seven-game series with the Dallas Stars. The…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pat Maroon always imagined becoming a hometown hero. The 31-year-old St. Louis native got to live out that fantasy Tuesday night. Maroon scored 5:50 into the second overtime, Jordan Binnington made 29 saves and the St. Louis Blues outlasted the Dallas Stars 2-1 in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal…